Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Kiso (Taira War).

Fought September, 1180, between the adherents of the Minamoto clan, under Yoshinaka, and the troops of Taira-no-Kiyomori. The Taira men attacked the position of Yoshinaka at Kiso, but were defeated and driven from the field with heavy loss.